BILL BLOG Monday July 7, 2025 Monday morning and I’m on the way home from Missouri to Nashville. THE WEEKEND I made the 6-hour trip home to Missouri from Nashville Friday, and I stayed with a longtime friend, Dodge Raymer , who went with me to the two shows I had here in the Show Me State. Dodge has been part of my family for many years, and his wife, Dean , who passed a few years ago, was my manager when I was young, and a second Mom to me. We surely do miss her. SATURDAY Dodge and I drove about an hour to reach the town of Louisiana, Missouri, which sits on the rolling Mississippi River and was the home of the first-ever Liberty Fest 4 th of July event in that town. It was 4 th of July HOT for sure. Made me wish I had purchased one of these new solar-powered fan hats. The city was honoring the memory of “Mo Mo” the Missouri Monster, the subject of my first recording in Nashville about that monster suppose...